Chair



L. DELLERT Sept. 27, 1932.

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ATTORN EY Patented Sept. 27, 15532 UNITED STATES PA E or fice LOUIS DELLERT, or new Yemen. y;

Application filed April 1,

1 Serial No. 431,811.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved chair which may be nested without the legs leaving the H001", and which may be formed so as to be nested from the front or from the rear.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a chair which is so formed that two or more may be nested by sliding them together from the front, the construction being such that the seat sections are swung to a substan-' tially vertical position when twoor more chairs are nested, and to a substantially; horizontal position when the chairs are in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a chair capable of being nested, the same being formed with a swingable seat adapted to swing to a vertical position during the nesting operationvand to a horizontal pos1- tion when the chair is in use.

including bracing members which hold the front and rear legs in proper place, and

which may be arranged so that part will act as a brace and part as a combined brace and arm.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side view of a chair disclosing an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the chair shown in Figure 1 v Figure 3 is a sectional view through'Figure 1 on the line 3-3;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side view similar to the center of Figure l but showing ure 7 on the line 66; Figure 7 is a rear view of a modified form 1930. Serial No. 440,797.

of a chairshown in Figure 1, the same em.- bodying certain features of the invention F igure' 8 is asectional View through Fig;

ure 6 on the line 8 8;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary sectional view similar to the central part of Figure 6 but showing a modified construction;

Figure 10 isaview similar to Figure 9 but I showing'a second modification of the invention;

but showing a further modifiedconstru'ction;

Figure 12 is-a sectional view through Figure 11 "on thelin'e 12-4-2.v

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates the back of a chair, said back including a pair of legs 2 and 3 which are set closer together than thefront 60' F igure 11 is a view similar to Figure 10 legs 4 and 5. The reason of this arrangement of legs'is to .permit two or more chairs of identical structure to be nested from the front, as indicate'd in dotted lines in Figure 1.

The legs may be made of any material, as for instance, wood, and are firmly held together and properly braced by the bracing frame 6 which, as shown mFigure 1, is of substantially U-shape construction tapering from the rear to the front with a connecting 7 section 7 at the front, the connecting section being integral with the top rung 8 andthe bottom rung 9-. This bracing structure is formed of angle iron preferably, and the rungs 8 and 9 merge into integral bars 10 and 11 at the back, said bars in turn merging into integral rungs 12 and 13.

It will thusbe seen that the entire arrange ment of rungs or the bracing structure 6 is preferably formed in one complete U-shaped structure with the rear part secured to the legs 2 and 3 by suitable screws 14 and the front part secured to the legs4 and 5 by similar screws 15.

With regard to the front legs 4 and 5 it V will be observed that they are provided with blocks 16 and 17, said blocks fitting into the respective sections 7. In this way screws extending-through section 7 of the rings or bracing structure 6 will also extend through the blocks 16 and 17 and into the respective legs 4 and 5. In this Way the chair body is IOU rigidly secured together without the use of rungs at the front.

The back 1 is provided with a rod or ournal pin 18 surrounded by the hinged buckle 19, said buckle being preferably integral with the bent extension 20 of the metal seat 21. Seat 21 is a piece of sheet metal of a desired thickness extending from the rear of the chair to the front where it is connected with a transverse bar 22 having extensions 23 and 24 resting on the tops of the respective legs 4 and 5. Each of the legs carries a pin 25 and these pins extend through suitable apertures in extensions 23 and 24, as shown particularly in Figure 3. This will prevent any wabbling of the seat and will also act as a brace for bracing the tops of the legs 4 and 5. A suitable pad 26 is secured to the seat 21 in any desired manner preferably in some permanent way, as forinstance by adhesive.

When it is desired to nest two or more chairs of identical structure the seats 21 of the respective chairs are swung upwardly to the dottedposition shown in Figure 1, and then the chairs are slid together, the back of one chair sliding through the front legs of the next chair, until it strikes the seat 21 of said next chair. As the members 6-diverge from the rear to the front the chairs may be properly and evenly nested regardless of the number of chairs, and will at all times retain the legs on the floor. In this way a row of any desired length may be nested for placing at a wall or some other out-of-the-way place.

In Figures 4 and 5 a slightly modified structure is shown to that disclosed in Figure 1. This modification consists of having the rungs or bracing structure 6 formed with the section 7 extending above theseat 21 so: that the rung 8 will act as an arm. Aside from these features the structure is identical.

as shown in Figure 1, except for the fact that the seat 21 is preferably provided with a lateral extension 27 at the front adapted to rest on bracket 28 either secured to the section 7 or to the front legs of the chair. In this form of the invention the rungs or bracing structure 6 diverges from the rear to the front in a similar manner to the wa-y'it is shown in Figure 3, whereby when the seat 21 is swung against the back the chair may be nested as indicated'in Figure 1. r

i In FiguresG, 'Z and 8 another modified form of the invention is shown wherein the chair is very similar to my 'co-pending appli cation, Serial No. 431,811. In this form of. the invention the chairs are nested from the rear, and consequently there are no. bracing bars at the rear, but the seat frame 28 is substantially U-shaped and the bracing rung 29. is substantially ti-shaped and connected'to the two rear legs, the two front legs on sections 28 and 29' extending across the front as shown Figure 7. In this form of the invention it will be observed that the upper.

and lower edges of both members 28 and 29 are parallel, while the bracing parts are offset at 30 and 31 respectively, said offset portions tapering and diverging from the rear to the front, whereby two or more chairs may be nested and these diverging offsets readily telescoping together. Resting on the frame 28 is a seat 32 formed of sheet metal and provided with a pad 33 extending to almost the rear of the seat member. A flexible hinge 34 formed of leather or other desirable material 18 riveted to the rear edge of seat 32 and clamped in place by a bar 35 by suitable screws 36. The seat 32 may be held down at the front by any suitable means as, for instance, by cords or straps 37 and 38 secured at one end to member 28 and secured at the other end by snap fasteners 39 and 40 to the cushion 33. Other forms of fastening means, may be used, if desired.

, In'Figure 9 a slightly modified form of the invention is shown. In this figure the modi fication disclosed consists in the fact that the seat 32 is provided with an integral extension 41 formed with a hinged knuckle 42 fitting over the pintle 43. In this form of the invention the seat 32' is provided with a de-.

seat 45 is connected with a hinged member 46 at the rear, said hinged member being of leather or other suitable material and secured to the transverse bar 4'; by snap fasteners 48. Snap fasteners 49 secure the front part of seat 45 to the frame 28. By reason of the fact that snap fasteners are used to hold the seat in place, it may be readily removed at any time by a pull in the proper direction. In this form of the invention the chair body is made substantially as shown in Figure 6 whereby two or more chairs may be nested from the rear.

l Vhat I claim is:

1. 'A'chair'comprising aback having a pair of legs, a pair of front legs spaced further apart than the rear legs, and a substantially U-shaped brace connecting the rear legs and extending to the front legs, means for connecting said brace to each of said legs, and a seat carried by said legs immediately above said brace. r

- 2. A chair of the character described comprising a back merging into a pair of back legs, a pair of front legs, a U-shaped brace connecting the rear legs and extending to the front legs, means extending through said a pair of rear legs, a pair of front legs spaced further apart than the rear legs, a U-shaped bracing structure converging from the front to the rear acting as rungs and connecting the rear legs and extending to the front legs, a plurality of means for connecting the bracing members to the respective legs, and a seat member hinged to the back structure whereby it may be swung upwardly against the back, the relative position of said front and rear legs and the converging of said bracing structure permitting another chair of identical structure to be nested therewith while all the legs of both chairs are resting on the floor.

4. Achair of the character described including a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs, a seat membersupported by said legs, and a rung structure for rigidly holding the legs in position, said rung structure being substantially U-shaped and connecting two of said legs and extending to the other -.two legs, said rung structure being rigidly secured to the'legs at the point of contact therewith. p

5. A chair including a rung structure formed'substantially as a U-shaped brace with the legs of the U-shaped structure diverging, a pair of rear legs secured to said brace at the bottom of the U-shaped structure interiorly thereof, a pair of frontlegs secured to the U-shaped structure exterlorly thereof at the outer end of the U-shaped structure, a seat member hingedly connected with the rear legs and a bar connecting the seat structure, said bar being formed with extending ends fitting against the top of the front legs, each of said extensions having an aperture, and interlocking pins carried by said legs and adapted to extend through said apertures when the seat is in an operative position, whereby the seat is prevented from wabbling at the front and also the front legs are braced.

6. A chair including a back merging into a pair of rear legs, a pair of front legs, a seat supported by said front legs and said rear legs, and a bracing structure connecting all of the legs, said bracing structure being in the form of a doubled forwardly extending U-shaped element connecting all of further apart thantherear legs, a seat hingedly mounted adjacent said back and extend ing to the front legs, a bracing structure diverging, from the seatstothe front connecting said back legs and said front legs, said bracing structure. being in the form of V a doubled forward-1y extending Ueshaped element connecting all of said legs, the doubled portion of said element which connects the front legs with the rear legs, presenting a vertically U-shaped configuration in which the upper legs of the U-shaped configuration form arm rests and the lower legs of the U- shaped configuration form rungs of the chair,

said seat being hingedly mounted so as to I be swung against said back and by reason of the diverging of said bracing structure a plurality of chairs of identical construction may be nested from the front without any of the legs leaving the floor. V

8. A chair formed so that a plurality of identical chairs may be nested from the rear without raising the legs from the floor, each of said chairs comprising-a seat frame having an upwardly inclined offset portion and in f apair of rungs having downwardly inclined offset portions, a seat loosely mounted on said frame, meansfor engaging and disengaging the seat with the frame at the. front, and a hinge .forpermanently connecting the seat to said back at the rear whereby said seat may be swung upwardly against said back at any tlme.

9. A chair of the character described comprising a back merging into a pair of rear legs, a pair of front legs, a seat frame for connecting said legs, said seat frame having an upstanding flange extending from one front leg to the other, a seat member resting on said seat frame, hinged means for connecting said seat to said back, and a seat member being formed with a flange telescopically fitting over said frame whereby the seat member is frictionally held in position.

10. A chair including a back merging into a pair of rear legs, a pair of front legs, a seat frame connected to all of said legs, said seat frame having a flange at the front, a seat member hingedly secured to said back and formed with a, front flange telescopically fitting into said first mentioned flange, Whereby said seat member is frictionally held in position. a

11. A chair-having front and rear legs, said chair having an open vfront, a doubled forwardly extending U-shaped element connecting all of said legs, that portion of the U-shaped element which connects the front legs and rear legs having a U-shaped configuration in which the upper leg of the U-shaped configuration forms an arm rest and the lower legforms a rung of the chair, and a seat movable to a position to expose the rungs of the chair for permitting a; plurality of chairs of identical construction to benested, said doubled forwardly extending U-shaped element converging from the open front to- Ward the rear. 1

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York this 29th day of March A. D. 1930.

LOUIS DELLERT. 

